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The Sports of Summer Summer 2009 Summer East Chess Club 2009 Join others in playing chess all EDUCATION summer long! Every third Friday of Reading Challenge the month in June and July, the East Join in the 2009 Teen Summer Reading Chess Club will be meeting from CONNECTIONS 3:30 - 5 p.m. at East Library. Hope to Learning @ your library® Challenge. Read books and get prizes ranging see you there! For more information, from Sky Sox tickets and bowling passes to contact [email protected]. books, journals, and T-shirts! Sports Books for Teens The Sports of Summer Fiction Summer is here! As the days grow longer, the kids are out in full force: running, kicking, passing, Enter to win the Beanball by Gene Fehler catching; all enjoying the fresh air and vigorous workouts of being part of the game… under the banner grand prizes of Game by Walter Dean Myers of youth sports. a BMX bike, My 13th Season by Kristi Roberts Maverick Mania by Sigmund Brouwer Youth sports can be an invaluable aspect in learning life lessons. Foundational character skateboard, Love, Football, and Other Contact Sports by Alden R. Carter building principles can be learned through teamwork, perseverance, ability to deal with adversity, and $100 Visa sportsmanship, and the value of hard work. What could be a better environment for such important Nonfi ction training, while engaging in active physically demanding skills? gift cards! The Comprehensive Guide to Careers Visit your local in Sports by Glenn M. Wong There are many summer sports to choose from: baseball, Why a Curveball Curves : The PPLD branch Incredible Science of Sports by Frank soccer, lacrosse, tennis, and many more are offered through Vizard a variety of organized team clubs, the YMCA, and the city/ to learn more Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Sports county parks and recreational entities. While indoor sports are about how to by Diane Lindsey Reeves more reserved for winter months, there are still leagues for Skater Girl : A Girl’s Guide to basketball, volleyball, and swimming/diving year-round. play and win all Skateboarding by Patty Segovia summer long. How does one decide on a sport, or work at improving in a sport? Use this as a guide to try and determine which sport is Homeschool Hub a good fi t: Want to get connected with local homeschool What appeals to your child? groups and learn about resources available Does he or she display a natural talent in certain areas, such as running, throwing, kicking, or Basebell Team Word Find here at PPLD? Log on to the Homeschool catching? Hub resource website. View a database Because of the varying abilities of skills different sports offer, be sure the child feels comfortable in of local homeschool groups, sign up for what they’ve chosen. There is always the option to try something different that would better suit them. monthly newsletters and booklists, and Many times children need to try two or three sports to fi nd the one they like and excel at the best. connect with other homeschool families all in one place. Just visit ppld.org and click Also keep in mind that skill levels in both recreational and on Homeschool Hub. competitive structuring are put in place so there is room for growth, improvement, and challenge, as well as for those at the top of their game. This gives a wide range in helping to Altoona Mountain City Cleveland Blues fi nd the best placement for your young athletes. Baltimore Monumentals Cleveland Infants Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Spiders Baltimore Terrapins Columbus Buckeyes An actively involved coach had this to say: “Here on the Boston Reds Columbus Solons playing fi eld, it’s not so much where character is learned, but Brooklyn Gladiators Detroit Wolverines where true character is displayed.” Youth sports can be a time Brooklyn Tip-Tops Hartford Dark Blues in your child’s life that helps instill their core values and self- Brooklyn Ward’s Wonders Indianapolis Blues directed principles that they’ll carry with them through life. For Buffalo Bisons Indianapolis Hoosiers Buffalo Blues Kansas City Cowboys this reason alone, you can make them the most positive and Buffalo Buffeds Kansas City Packers productive, for the season now and for life. Chicago Chi-Feds Chicago Pirates Who knows? You could be training up the next generation of Chicago Union League Olympians… Chicago Whales Cincinnati Kelly’s Killers Cincinnati Outlaw Reds Cincinnati Reds To contact PPLD’s Homeschool Committee, please email [email protected] new Database Focus: Summertime Word Scramble Here Comes Summer! Unscramble these words to fi nd some summertime activites: The BookShelf 1. sbbaaell __________________ Great new books for 2. gimwnmis __________________ inquisitive kids! It’s time to get out there! We want some tips on sports, your fav athletes, and how to get fi t. At the ppld.org C 3. baslrem __________________ homepage, click Kids Web, Explore the Web, Kids 4. lyngpai gat __________________ If You’re Happy and You Know It: The Space, then Sports and Recreation. Jungle Version by James Warhola 5. tceaupr hte algf __________________ 6. bkaclikl __________________ Preschoolers will be romping with the hyenas, Here you’ll fi nd everything from A to Z: Automobile H elephants, and lions. Count on getting up 7. aigpnmc __________________ Racing to Zebra Chasing – just kidding about the 8. kiinhg __________________ and moving around before, during, and after zebras. The sports list does start out with Automobile reading this fun book. Racing and includes baseball, basketball, boating, 9. ktbadnsaeorig __________________ I 10. ccreos __________________ ag, 6. kickball, 7. camping, 8. hiking, 9. skateboarding, 10. soccer 10. skateboarding, 9. hiking, 8. camping, 7. kickball, 6. ag, fl soccer, and swimming. Click on the Baseball link and the capture 5. tag, playing 4. marbles, 3. swimming, 2. baseball, 1. Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is you’ll fi nd web sites like Kids’ Dugout. If you want Not Around by Claudia Rueda to play ball or just fi nd your favorite team’s schedule, Kids under the age of 9 or 10 will enjoy this you’ll fi nd the info here. Would you like to send a fan L simply illustrated, slightly silly book that is letter to your favorite player? You’ll fi nd all the major actually based on a game played by children league addresses here too. Sports Books for Kids in Mexico and South America. This will D Where to fi nd books about... be an active story time, so make room for Maybe gymnastics is more your game. Aspiring running! to be the next Shawn Johnson? Starting at Kids Baseball 796.357 Space again, the Gymnastics link offers lots of BMX 796.62 Punished! good information to get started. You’ll fi nd short R Camping 796.54 by David Lubar biographies of famous gymnasts, tips about training Cycling 796.4 Children nine and older and technique, and how to fi nd a gymnastic center Golf 796.352 will be rolling on the in your neighborhood. Gymnastics 796.44 fl oor, as the puns roll in E Horseback Riding 798.2 Karting 796.76 this wacky story of a boy Back at the Kids Web page, let’s try Yahoo for who has to solve some Motocross 796.75 Kids this time. Click on Sports. Wow, look at Kids Mountain Biking 796.63 word puzzles or speak who Rip. There are some great video clips of kids N forever in puns. Meet Outdoor Games 790 & 796 snowboarding, skiing, surfi ng, and skateboarding. Paintball 796.2 the author at 2 p.m. Awesome, dude. There are even sports video games Skateboarding 796.22 on June 30 at East to test your skills. Also at Yahoo for Kids/Sports you’ll S Skating 796.21 Library. fi nd links to many of your favorite sports to help you Soccer 796.334 improve your game and fi nd the right snowboard or Swimming 797.21 skateboard. Tennis 796.342 Heat by Mike Lupica Track & Field 796.42 Ages 10 and older may Is it A-Rod or A-fraud? Get the real story at Chapter book series and authors enjoy this baseball www.jockbio.com. There’s a new athlete’s biography story with a heart. published each week. Series Michael is a really good P Sports Stories (various authors) baseball player. But But let’s get real: to improve your skills and your Thoroughbred (various authors) he is unable to prove fi tness, put down that mouse and walk out the door. he is young enough to Authors Play ball! Or ride your bike, run, hike, ski, snowboard, A Claire Bee play in the Little League skate, play football, soccer, baseball, basketball, Lauren Brooke Championship. volleyball, whew! Well you get the idea. Let’s get out Matt Christopher T.J. Edwards there! G Marsha Hubler Dean Hughs Stephen Krensky Sign up for a (mostly) monthly emailed newsletter that contains book recommendations. Go to E Picture Books (J-Easy) ppld.org, fi nd Homeschool Hub on the central NextReads for Dunk Skunk by Michael Rex rotating slide box, choose Booklists then Kids Get Up and Go! by Nancy L. Carlson Book Ideas. Look to the left for NextReads. Click S Hit the Ball Duck by Jez Alborough Homeschoolers on Homeschool for the most recent edition. Sign Ricky Rafts the Royal Gorge by Jeffrey Keller up for the newsletter at the bottom of the page. Tumble Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky.
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